Device for disinfecting telephones.



R. B. ADAMS,'L. ADAMS, o. H.YWELLS & H. G. PAYNE.

DEVICE FOR DISINFECTING TELEPHONES.

v v I APPLICATION FILED AUG.3, 1911. 11,095,950.

Patented May 5, 1914.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RUSSELL B. ADAMS, LLEWELLY'N ADAMS, CHARLES H. WELLS, ANDHERBEBT G I PAYNE, OF WESTERVILLE, OHIO.

nEvIcEjrpn msm'rno'rme TELEPHONES.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, 'RUssELL B. ADAMS, -LLEWELLYN ADAMs, CHARLES HKWELLS, and H RBERT G. PAYNE, citizens of the United States, residing at \Vesterville, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements ,in Devices for Disinfecting Telephones, of a which thefollowing is' a specification. Our invention relates to an improved device for disinfecting telephones and is in the nature of an atomizing attachment for injecting a spra of'disinfectant into the transmitter of a te ephone. l

More particularly, our invention comrises anatomizer w1th a nozzle of peculiar orm and provided with a clamping means for clam ing it in juxtaposition to the transmitter o a telephone.

Our invention is further designed to provide an atomizing attachment for the transmitt er of atelephone which may be adjusted from normal position to such an extent that the disinfectant fluid may be caused to discharge on to the face and diaphragm of the receiver. i T The preferred construction ofour invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which similar characters of refere designate corresponding parts, and in Figure 1' is a side elevation of our invention in' attachment to the transmitter of a telephone, and, Fig; 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on line-2+2 of Fig. 1..

The atomizer desirably used inour disinjfecting'device, comprises a receptacle 1 having a mouth piece 2 internally threaded for the reception of a stopper 3 provided with a nozzle 4 and having an integral tube 5 extending therethrough and into the receptacle 1 where it is connected with the tube 6 through the medium. of the apertured cap .7. The inner end 8'of the tube 5 is desirably of cap form and is apertured in aline ment with the aperture of the intermediate capv 7 The other extremity of the tube 5 carriesa bulb 9 of well known form. It will be understood that compression of the bulb causes the air to pass through the tube 5 1 Specification of Letters Iatent. Application filed August a, 1911. Serial N5. 642,064.

through the aperture therein ble of ready adjustment Patented May 5, 1914.

thereof and necessarily passing the aperture in theca 7. There is thus produced an injector action causing a spray of disinfectant to pass out of the noz-- z e 4.

The atomizer is desirably supported from the'telephone by the provision of an arm 10 integrally carried by the stopper 3 of the atomizer, which arm is preferably shaped to normally maintain the nozzle 4 of the atomizer in position to discharge into the transmitter mouth or mouthpiece. The 'arm 10 is desirably supported from the transmitter and into the cap portion 8 mouth by a clamping structure 11 of any preferred form, to which such arm is pivoted as at 12. It will be observedfromthis that, owing to the pivotal connection at 12, the atomizer may be swung into variant ositions and this pivotal capability of ad ust: ment is to enable the discharge of a spray I of disinfectant on to the face and diaphragm of the receiver if so desired.

Thus it will be apparent that we haveprovided a compact and readily detachable structure which is normally disposed to disa charge a spray of disinfectant into the mouth of the transmitter, but which is capafor application of the disinfectant to the receiver. v

What we claim, is-

A disinfecting attachment for telephones comprising an atomizer, a nozzle rigidly carried by said atomizer, a rearwardly and upwardly extending arm carried by said atomizer, an attaching ring embracing the mouthpiece, and an ofi-set portion on said ring for frictionally supportingsaid arm to hold said atomizer in proximity to said mouthpiece.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

RUSSELL B. ADAMS. 'LLEWELLYN ADAMS. CHARLES H. WELLS. HERBERT G. PAYNE.

Witnesses:

ETHEL G. MORAN, S. W. Km'rs.

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